Information Services

Contributed by Courtney Hime ‘09

One of the most convenient features of Mozilla Firefox is the search tool bar – located in the upper right hand corner – that enables you to instantly access to a number of other search engines. For most people, Google is the default search engine, but there are several others, like Wikipedia or Amazon, that are nice to have available from one simple location. Most of the default options granted to Firefox users are mainstream search engines, but often, DePauw students need to access several research resources to complete their course work at DePauw. To help student reduce their time search for search engines DePauw’s librarians have worked to help DePauw students access to several commonly used databases that could prove to be helpful during their time at DePauw.

To add these search engines,

1. Go to the DePauw Libraries main page (http://depauw.edu/library/)

2. Select “Subject Guides” under the “Research Help” section.

3. Under the “Featured Guides” section, select the “Firefox Search Engines” guide. This page will list all of the available search engines that can be added to Firefox.

4. Select the search engine you want to add. You will be taken to another page.

5. Click the link of the search engine. A dialogue box will appear asking if you want to add the engine. You can also check to start using the search engine immediately.

6. Click Add. You can check the toolbar to make sure that engine was added correctly.

The library has made several search engines available, from Facebook to the Banner Graphic’s archives. Though there are several, there are five search engines that students will be sure to want to add.

1. DePauw’s library catalog – Get full access to the library’s catalog of books, videos, maps, CD’s, DVD’s, government documents, and physical (paper, microfiche, and microfilm) newspapers, magazines and journals.

2. Academic Search Premier – This search engine is an article database that covers all disciplines, most content from 1980s to today, some from 1920s on. The database contains mostly academic journal articles, with some newspaper and magazine articles.

3. JSTOR – Instead of having to navigate through the library’s home page and find the database, students can simply start using it from their home page. When adding this search engine, be sure to add the version that was created by Chris Monaghan.

4. Oxford Reference Online – Instantly search over 100 online dictionaries, encyclopedias and quote books from the Oxford University Press.

5. Google Books – Access Google Books’ database of over seven million books. Though the database doesn’t offer full access to all of their books, there are over one million books that are fully available online. When adding this search engine, select the version created by the Mycroft Project.

There are several Web sites that have add-ins available – indicated by a teal shaded arrow over the search toolbar.

You can click the down arrow and you will find an option enabling you to add the additional search engine add-in.

You can add the ‘DePauw Student and Faculty Directories’ in this way. Just go to http://www.depauw.edu/directories/ and add the search engine by clicking

Contributed by Caroline Gilson, Coordinator of the Prevo Science Library
and Carol Smith, CIO

The University now has a site license for EndNote for all DePauw students, faculty members and staff. EndNote is a program which stores and organizes citations and also enables you to import citations directly into a Word document. It works on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Two versions of EndNote are available:

The EndNote client, called EndNote X, is installed on your desktop or laptop computer and offers customizable features for working with saved citations. Faculty and staff members can pick up a copy of EndNote X on CDROM from the HelpDesk or can request for a technician to install it for them by contacting the HelpDesk (x4294, helpdesk@depauw.edu). Students can purchase a copy of EndNote X on CDROM from the HelpDesk for a discounted price of $40.

EndNote Web (www.myendnoteweb.com) is web-based and does not require you to install any software on your computer. It is available for use at no charge to all students, faculty members and staff.

To create your EndNote Web account:

1. Connect to www.myendnoteweb.com from a computer on the DePauw network.
2. Click the “Sign Up for an account” link.

Once you have created your account, you can log in from anywhere, both on and off campus, to access the citations you have collected in your account. To keep your account active, you just need to login from a computer connected to the DePauw network at least once every twelve months.

Which version should you use?
Librarians have been testing both versions of the software and recommend that faculty members, Juniors and Seniors consider using EndNote X. You may want to try both versions to see which one meets your needs.

Librarians are happy to meet with any faculty member to discuss both versions and offer demonstrations.

Where can you find more information about EndNote?

A LibGuide is available via the DePauw Libraries web site with more information, links to handouts, and tips on how to download citations from selected databases at : http://libguides.depauw.edu/endnote. Or contact any librarian for assistance or if you have questions.

contributed by Misti Shaw, Music & Performing Arts Consultan
and Courtney Hime, ITAP Communication Consultant

With the opening of the new Green Center for the Performing Arts, the music library has a new location, a new look, and new numbers!

Contributed by Angie Smock, LIS Communication Specialist
(with the help of Veronica, Misti and Matt)

Library and Information Services welcomed several new members to the department this past year. Joining us are Veronica Pejril, Misti Shaw and Matt Champagne — learn more about them here, and when you have a moment, stop in to see them in their offices at the new Green Center for the Performing Arts.

Veronica Pejril
Instructional Technologist/Coordinator of the Music Instructional Technology Center (MITC) and Part-time Instructor of Music

Last January, Veronica became our new MITC Coordinator. In this capacity, she teaches courses in pedagogical and creative uses of music technology, placing special focus on assisting faculty members with curricular technology needs, particularly related to multimedia and social computing.

Roni received a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Fine Arts from Princeton University, in Music Composition. She studied composition and computer/electronic music techniques with Paul Lansky, Steven Mackey and Milton Babbitt, with a special compositional focus on “installation music,” that fits a particular environment. Her music has been featured in special exhibits at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Prior to arriving at DePauw, Roni taught music and humanities courses for the City Colleges of Chicago.

Misti Shaw
Music/Performing Arts Librarian and Coordinator of the Music and Performing Arts Library

Misti came to DePauw in June from St. Olaf College in Minnesota, where she served as the sabbatical replacement Music Librarian. She has a B.M. in cello performance from Oklahoma City University, an M.A. in music history from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, and an M.S. in library science from the University of North Texas. While a graduate assistant at UNT, Shaw assisted in conducting research, writing, and web page design for the UNT Virtual Rare Book Room website. She is a member of the Music Library Association, and serves on the Information-Sharing subcommittee, and is also a member of the Music Library Association—Midwest Chapter, and serves on the Technology, Archives, Preservation, and Sound committee.

Misti has enjoyed being part of the DePauw community and says, “What I really like about working at DePauw are my constant opportunities to meet the needs of both the School of Music, and the campus itself. I love meeting with classes to give instruction, meeting with faculty to discuss their needs, and meeting with students to give one-on-one assistance. It’s the public services side to my position that I find to be most rewarding.”

Matthew Champagne
Recording Arts Specialist

Matt arrived on campus this summer to begin work in the newly created position, Recording Arts Specialist.. Prior to coming to DePauw, Matt spent a year at the University of Nebraska at Omaha teaching music technology and administering their recording studio, and seven years as a freelance classical recording engineer, primarily in the San Francisco Bay area. He has received the degrees Bachelor of Music (Louisiana State University) in composition and Master of Music (University of Louisiana) in composition and theory; he engaged in further graduate study in musicology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he studied primarily experimental and electronic music of the period 1965-75. A trained bass-baritone, Matthew’s performance work was divided between early and baroque music, on one hand, and twentieth-century music on the other.

Matt’s recording work focuses on the interplay of performance and space. He is interested most of all in creating natural-sounding recordings which do not assert their artificiality, but instead become transparent portals to the performances they represent.

He is a voting member of the Audio Engineering Society, and his work appears in the Centaur Records catalog.